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Premier League: Matchweek 7 Kit Review

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The Premier League is now seven weeks into the season and it is time to have a more in depth look at the kits worn this weekend and some of the stories and news around Premier League Kits.

As always you can find Matchweek 6’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 7 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 55 (+1 from Matchweek 6)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 46 (+1 from Matchweek 6)

New Kits this Matchweek

As we start to get into the season, the new kits on show will of slow down and this was seen this week where there was just one new kit look on show this weekend…

Luton Town in a nice looking kit mash up with Away shirt with Home shorts and socks, celebrating this new look with their first ever Premier League victory.

1 New Goalkeeper Kit:

  • Manchester City (Purple / Pink)

Kit Highlights

The only place to start, is Manchester United “SOCK WATCH” ….

This week it was a return to the Adidas Teamwear socks that include the Adidas Wordmark! This becomes the first look that Manchester United have used more than once in Premier League this season.

Cheslea’s kit was used for the first time with their new front of shirt sponsor, more details below but worth calling out as a kit highlight for the week.

Sheffield United have played all three of their away games this season in their All Yellow Away Kit.

They are not the only team to play in change kits in all their Away Games so far, with both Brentford (Away x1, 3rd x 2) and Crystal Palace (Away x2, 3rd white Away socks x2) continuing their use of change kits on the road this weekend.

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game between Everton and Luton Town, the mash up of the Luton Kit working really well and giving a nice balance with the Everton Home Kit, something very nostalgic for me with this game, so calling this one as my favourite of the week!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 5 Away Kit and for the 4th time this season just one 3rd kit in action.

However there were just variations on show, one home and one away kit.

  • Manchester United in those teamwear socks
  • Luton Town in their Away / Home Kit Mash up (as mentioned above).

We still have two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season in the opening 7 games and with both teams playing each other next weeked, likely to make it 8 games in just the one kit!

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Liverpool

And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 3rd October

Kit News

Chelsea have finally confirmed their front of shirt sponsorship with “Infinite Athlete”, the Sports Technology Company was much rumoured to take the spot on the Chelsea shirt in the past few weeks after initial sponsors Paramount were not sanctioned by the Premier League due to their Broadcast deal with NBC in USA and then fans reacted negatively to the rumours of Stake becoming the headline sponosor of the club.

The Sponsorship with Infinite Athlete was debuted in the West London Derby with Fulham on Monday 2nd October.

Hummel have launched a range of shirts called the “Equality Jersery” to celebrate equality and inclusion in the world of sports. Several of the teams in the Hummel stable will have this shirt, likely to be a pre-match shirt… Premier League’s Everton included in this group. The shirt is the classic “Mexico” template in rainbow colours and goes on sale on 29th September 2023.

There were reports last week coming from Aston Villa that players were unhappy with the quality of the shirts from Castore and that they were impacting performance but holding sweat within the shirt. Added to this, the often seen ripping of Castore shirts certainly brings the quality of the products into the spot light, with Newcastle United already confirmed to moving away from the manufacturer next season, will Aston Villa be the next team?

The game between Luton Town and Burnley which was postponed from Matchweek 2 is being played on Tuesday 3rd October, any additional kit details will be added in next week’s Kit Review.

That wraps up Matchweek 7 and a lot to consider from this recent round of fixtures.

And a final reminder, that the latest Episode of The Football Kit Podcast is out now, we have a chat with @TinyJerserys about all things minitaure kit and create our own “Mount Kitmore”, find it at your Podcast Catcher of choice here

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 8 will be out next week!

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Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League – Matchweek 6

The Heat Press, Special: Hummel x 100 Year Special Kits

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Hummel is a sports brand that has had a resurgence in the footballing world over the past few years and the manufacturer is celebrating their 100 year anniversary by producing one their and football’s most iconic kit designs.

The “Mexico” template, most famously worn by the Denmark National Team in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico was also worn by several teams in the late 80s includng English clubs Southampton, Coventry City, Aston Villa and Pisa in Italy.

Several teams across Europe currently supplied by Hummel are being given their own version of the kit this season to celebrate the 100 year anniversary, so I wanted to collect them all in one place… well just because I thought it is only right to have that one place to visit them all in one go!

Denmark

I will start with the spiritual home of the kit design, the Danish National Team who first saw a return to this template with “Red Out” version most famously worn in their Euro 2020 Semi-Final Against England in 2021.

The team have had several Hummel Templates of the 80s and 90s revisited over the past three years, so it was no surprise when there was a return their iconic away kit from 1986 earlier this year and kicked off the 100 Year Celebrations.

Brondby IF

One of the most well known clubs in Denmark, supplied by Hummel, it was always going to be on the cards that Brondby were one of the clubs to showcase the 100 Year Celebration Kits. The design is more a sublte one with slighlty different shades of yellow to give us that iconic striped look.

Coventry City

Coventry City have one of the key clubs in the return of Hummel to the football kit mainstream world, and had versions of this template in 2019/20 seasons with home and away kits using a modern twist to this look.

However this season it will be their 3rd Kit that is part of the celebrations, with this Green and Black version of the kit… at the moment the latest of the kits to be released.

Everton

Everton have been in a partnership with Hummel since 2020 and this is the first time we have seen Grey used as a change colour for The Toffees in this time, a colour that has been used several times over the years since 1980s. This 3rd kit uses a two-tone grey in its design to give a nice look for the template!

FC Koln

The first of German teams to have the kit, FC Koln are using this red version as their away kit this season. It is very similar in design to the “Red Out” kit used by the Denmark team but this one with a round collar, the only playing version of the shirt to do so with more white detailing in collar and chevrons.

Southampton

Probably the most classic in design of all the 100 Year Kits, this kit, like the Denmark Away shirt is a remake of the same kit worn by the club between 1987 and 1989, the remake also goes for the shorts and sock here as well, this is also one of three home kits to use this design.

Malaga

The Spanish Second Division team probably have the boldest designs in terms of colour with their Away and 3rd Kits this season.

Away, combines Purple and Green for what would be an outstanding choice in colour design if it was not for their 3rd Kit…!

3rd Kit uses Neon Green and Neon Yellow, combined with Neon Pink details with Club Crest, Hummel Logo / Chevrons and Sponsor, absolutely my favourite of the 100 Year Celebration Kits!

Real Betis

Real Betis and Hummel is another relationship that goes back to the 80s and 90s, so no surprise when they had their own version of the template for this season. Much more subtle in design than Spanish compatriots Malaga, this all black version is a classic looking kit and with its Green detailing is wonderful looking kit.

St Etienne

Another low key version for French Ligue 2 side St.Etienne, with a predominantly white shirt with a very pale green strip used within the shirt for their away kit, green being the club colours being used here gives a great alternative kit for the team to use on the road.

Werder Bremen

In their first season with Hummel, Werder Bremen will have this home kit. The green and white look for this kit is a look also harks back to the 80s, with rumours of a similar Green Verison of this kit created for Denmark to be used as a 3rd Kit back in 1986. The look perfectly ties in with club colours of the Bundersliga team and finally gives kit lovers the opportunity to see this kit in action.

Wycombe Wanderers

One of four English clubs to have their kits supplied by Hummel, each of them having their own version of this kit. Wycombe Wanderers, also in their first season with Hummel have the “Red Out” look as their away kit, this one does have a similar collar to the Danish version of the kit used in 2021 and Red Chevrons are included!

Equality Shirt

Released on 26th September the Hummel Equality Jersey was created as a limited edition shirt to celebrate equality and inclusion in the world of sports and will be worn by several of the teams mentioned above.

It is yet to be seen how this will be worn but based on last season’s Equality Shirt it is likely to be a “Pre-Match” shirt.

There we have it, 12 shirts from 9 Clubs, 1 Nation and a Pre Match shirt all pulling from an iconic design. It raises as many negative comments as it does positive comments but it drives conversation about kit design and for me that is a positive thing and using templates in football kit design is not a new thing and will always be with us, so lets celebrate when there is a good one and join Hummel in celebrating their 100 year Anniversary.

Let me know your thoughts or if I have missed any kits in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek I will update the post with the kits missed and of course give you credit for my oversights!

Premier League: Matchweek 6 Kit Review

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The Premier League hits it sixth week of the season and it is time to have a more in depth look at the kits worn this weekend and some interesting kit usage to take a look into.

As always you can find Matchweek 5’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… with Luton Town’s 3rd shirt being unveiled in the last week, shorts are still to be confirmed and we are assuming the socks were the navy socks worn at Chelsea.

Matchweek 6 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 54 (+6 from Matchweek 5)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 45 (+3 from Matchweek 5)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were another 6 new kit looks on show this weekend…

Fulham in Home Kit with alternative white socks, their first kit variation of the season.

Wolverhampton Wanderers debuted their 3rd kit for this season.

Nottingham Forest in alternative red shorts with their Home Kit, creating a classic all red look, something not seen used by the team since 2019/20 season.

Manchester United used their wonderful 3rd kit for first time this season, it was used with alternative white socks (default being red), to give a nice all white look.

Tottenham Hotspur, used their home shirt with alternative navy shorts and socks (these are not the Away shorts / socks) and contain similar pattern to home kit.

Newcastle United used their 3rd kit for the first time and were another team that used alternative shorts and socks, to create a Navy / Yellow / Yellow look (default being Navy / Navy / White) and what a debut it was!!

3 New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Arsenal – Green with black shorts
  • Newcastle United – All Blue
  • Sheffield United – All White

Kit Highlights

Let’s start with Manchester United, who used their 6th different kit variation in their first 6 games… with four home kits (check out last week’s report about those socks), one away and this 3rd kit from Saturday’s game against Burnley…

Another Kit that was used for the first time this season was Arsenal’s green goalkeeper kit, I want to call this one out as although it is the standard Adidas Goalkeeper template, this is only version of the kit seen in the Premier League that has different colour shorts paired with it, with black shorts being the default look!

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was Manchester City against Nottingham Forest, Forest in all red is a great look in my eyes for the club, especially combined with those Adidas stripes and matched against Man City’s home kit gave a nice overall match up for me!

There were only two games this weekend with both teams in their default Home Kits…

Brentford v Everton and Brighton & Hove Albion v AFC Bournemouth

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3, 3rd kits in action.

However there were plenty of variations on show, with six alternative looks seen this weekend, five already mentioned above as they were new looks for their respective teams.

  • Fulham / Nottingham Forest / Manchester United / Tottenham Hotspur / Newcastle United
  • Aston Villa used alternative claret socks for the 2nd time this season

There are still only two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season in the opening 6 games.

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Liverpool

And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 24th September

Kit News

The final Kit release of the 2023/24 Premier League Season has now happened with Luton launching their 3rd shirt this week, the shirt design being based on the aerial view of their Kenilworth Road Stadium.

However we still do not know what the full kit will look it, although the navy socks used at Chelsea appear to be part of this kit, will it “All Navy” or maybe pink shorts to match the pink detailing on shirt and socks.

Newcastle United who returned to the Champions League last week, confrmed that they will wear a slighlty different design of home shirt in that competition, with UEFA rules requiring a space for the nameset when the stripes are of “Light / Dark” combinations. I am very glad to see the red numbers remaining, in my humble opinion Newcastle United should always use a red namset with their home kit.

That wraps up Matchweek 6 and a lot to consider from this recent round of fixtures.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 7 will be out next week!

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League: Matchweek 5 Kit Review

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The Premier League is back after the International Break and it is time to have a more in depth look at the kits worn this weekend and some interesting kit usage to take a look into.

As always you can find Matchweek 4’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have 59 out of the 60 Kits released so far… with just Luton Town’s 3rd Kit to be confirmed (we may have already seen the socks of this kit in Matchweek 3).

Matchweek 5 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 48 (+6 from Matchweek 4)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 42 (+2 from Matchweek 4)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were another 6 new kit looks on show this weekend…

Crystal Palace in their away kit for the first time in the Premier League this season, having already worn it in the Carabao Cup

Manchester United, Home kit with another different pair of black socks…. (we will discuss in more detail below)

Brentford Away kit, which is the same kit used as away from last season, part of their 2 year cycle for kit usage.

Chelsea 3rd Kit, only offically released in the week before this game Chelsea get their new 3rd kit straight into action.

Arsenal in their home kit with alternative red socks.

Burnley, changed from their home kit for the first time this season, using their away kit in the game at Nottingham Forest.

2 New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Orange GK Kit
  • AFC Bournemouth – Pink GK Kit

Kit Highlights

I have to start with Manchester United, who made 5 different kit looks in their opening 5 games!

Again, it is the socks that are the change, the “Teamwear” socks are back but this time with the updated Adidas logo, with just the “3 Stripes” branding (as seen on the shirts from this season), below you can see Marcus Rashford from the game this weekend in the newer socks and then the team celebrating against Nottingham Forest in Matchweek 3 with the older “Teamwear” socks!

A big thank you to the eagle eyed Museum of Jerseys for this spot!

Here are those 5 kit looks for The Red Devils…

An interesting choice of kit from Manchester City for their visit to West Ham United, many people commenting on the clash the away kit caused, maybe using alternative white shorts here or even the currently unused 3rd kit would have be better visual for the game, could this be the first “Claret” Short clash in the Premier League??

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United, all white versus all yellow is kit match up we do not often see, given Sheffield United’s kits this season it was probably the best choice but I think worked well to give us a vibriant kit contest.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and just the single 3rd kit in action.

There were just two kit variations used, both with home kits.

  • Manchester United and those socks…!
  • Arsenal in alternative red socks for the first time this season!

There are now only two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Liverpool

And just Everton who have used only 1 Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 19th September

Kit News

Just the one New Kit release other the past week or so…

Chelsea completed their Kit Releases for the 23/24 Season with the launch of their 3rd kit (which was worn against Bournemouth this weekend). This is inspired by their original “Eton Blue” kit, means that all three kits this season have element of “Blue” about them…!

Sponsorship news for next season (2024/25) with Manchester United and Qualcomm Technologies announcing an expansion of their current partnership with the club to now become their front of shirt sponsor, the Tech Company’s brand “Snapdragon” will be featured on the shirts, Snapdragon processors power products from the world’s biggest brands across smartphones, PCs, extended reality glasses, gaming devices, wearables, and connected cars.

Adidas have launched a leisure wear range of shirts called, “LFSTLR Range” which are leisure shirts based on the current 3rd Kit Range for some of their “Tier 1” Clubs, so Arsenal and Manchester United being the Premier League Clubs to get these shirts, providing fans with another alternative look to these popular shirts.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 6 will be out next week!

Premier League – Matchweek 1

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Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

England v Scotland, not looking like England v Scotland

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On Tuesday 12th September Scotland will host England at Hampden Park in the 150th Anniversary Heritage Match to mark the first meeting between the two sides in 1872. This is part of the year of events from the Scottish FA to celebrate the history of the association.

The original match is recognised by FIFA as football’s first-ever international match, at The West of Scotland Cricket Club in Glasgow, in front of a crowd of 4000 People.

The kits of the first match set the tone of majority of the 115 meetings between the two nations with Scotland in dark blue shirts. (however, not the origin of the blue Scotland shirt) and England wore white shirts. England wore caps, while the Scots wore red cowls.

When you think of England v Scotland in terms of kits the traditional look is often considered as the following…

Scotland – Navy Blue Shirts / White Shorts / Red Socks (occasionly Navy Socks with red turnovers)

England – White Shirts / Navy Blue Shorts / White Socks

However….

As part of the qualification of the 2018 World Cup, Scotland and England were drawn together in Group F and the Kit Designs of that time from Nike (England) and Adidas (Scotland) were the following…

Scotland’s Primary Kit was paired with white sleeves and navy socks, with England’s Primary Kit having “Sky Blue” sleeves and Red socks… and created what was considered to be a sleeve clash between the two kits

So when the two teams met in their group games, secondary kits were used by the Away Country to give a new look for both games of this most historic of International fixtures…

On 11th November 2016, the match at Wembley (3-0 to England) gave us Scotland in their Pink Secondary Kit, with Black Shorts and Socks…

The return fixture at Hampden Park on June 10th 2017 (finishing 2-2), saw England in their secondary kit paired with Red Home socks to give an all red look for The Three Lions.

Both fixtures proved controversial in terms of kits, traditionalists on both sides expressed their disappointment on the choice of kits of the countries, however given the kit guidelines of the time there was no option for the primary kits to be used in this campaign.

An “honourable” mention to when the two countries met in Group D of Euro 2020 at Wembley on 18th June 2021, in the goal-less draw the teams wore just a single colour each, with England in All White and Scotland in All Navy, this due to the default Scotland look being all Navy at this Tournament, but those complaining at what happened in 2016/17 should take comfort in the fact that both nations wear in their Primary Shirt Colours.

For the match on Tuesday 12th September 2023, Scotland will wear their special 150th Anniversary Kit which was first worn in the Euro 2024 qualifying match against Cyprus on 25th March 2023, this will be the second and final appearence of this quite wonderful kit.

England, although wearing their current default Primary Kit from Nike for the actual match, they will be wear a one-off Pre-Match Shirt containing the National Crest worn in 1872…. many fans commenting that should this kit be worn in the actual game… I will let you decide your opionion on that one!

There we have it, England v Scotland, not looking like England v Scotland, let me know your thoughts in the comments below and of course all shares of this post are appreciated.

Premier League: Matchweek 4 Kit Review

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Matchweek 4 is now complete and we have made past the Transfer Deadline Day and to the first International Break of the season, all 20 teams were in action this weekend and again we have some Kit talking points.

This is the fourth weekly review of the kits in the Premier League, you can find last week’s here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have 58 out of the 60 Kits released so far… just 2 to go…Chelsea and Luton Town 3rd Kits.

Matchweek 4 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 42 (+5 from Matchweek 3)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 40 (+5 from Matchweek 3)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were another 5 new kit looks on show this weekend…

Aston Villa – Default Away Kit Look

AFC Bournemouth – 3rd Kit

Fulham – 3rd Kit

Manchester United – Away Kit

Newcastle United – Away Kit with Home socks (white)

5 New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Burnley (Pink)
  • Manchester United (Yellow)
  • Sheffield United (Black)
  • Tottenham Hotspur (Yellow)
  • West Ham United (Yellow)

Kit Highlights

Two teams, Aston Villa and Manchester United have worn 4 kits in the opening 4 fixtures of the season…

Aston Villa, in two home kit looks (different socks) and two away kit (different shorts).

Manchester United in three Home Kit Looks (Alternative Shorts / Socks used) and 3rd Kit.

Staying with Manchester United and their game with Arsenal once again brought up the issue of “red / green” kit clashes and their impact on colour blind football fans, fellow Co-Host of Football Kit Podcast Denis from Musuem of Jerseys showed the impact of this on those fans (1 in 12 Male and 1 in 200 Female) with this powerful graphic to show the kit clash.

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Fulham, Fulham in their 3rd kit for the first time and together with Manchester City’s home kit gave a nice balance of colours on show.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and for the first time this season more than one 3rd kit, with 2 seen in action. There were just two kit variations used, both away kits.

  • Tottenham Hotspur who used home socks with their away for the 2nd time this season
  • Newcastle United who also used home socks (white) in their first use of their away kit in Premier League

There are still four teams who have only worn 1 kit this season

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Burnley
  • Chelsea
  • Liverpool

And just two teams who have used just 1 Goalkeeper kit

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Everton

This means that Brighton and Hove Albion are the only team this season to use the same kit look for whole team in the opening four games of the season.

Kit Grid – Up to 28th August

Kit News

There were four kit launches over the past week.

Chelsea Away kit, an interesting black kit with blue pattern.

Everton 3rd Kit, part of the 100 Year Hummel celebrations and many of their teams having verisons of their famous “Mexico” template and return of the simple “Prince Rupert’s Tower” which was also seen on their 3rd Kit from last season.

Fulham 3rd Kit, it had been rumoured all summer that Fulham would use their away kit from last season as their 3rd kit for this year, so the release of a new third kit took a lot people by surprise but have delivered a really nice black kit with pink details and will have alternative pink shorts and socks for plenty of kit options…. interesting it’s a different shade of pink seen in the away kit, I would have thought similar shades would have been used to mix / match away and 3rd kits.

Tottenham Hotspur 3rd kit, an interesting choice of colour Spurs’ 3rd kit this season, described as “natural tone” in colour, it appears to be almost a pale brown which is a colour that has some history with Tottenham kits.

Finally we got confirmation from last week’s teasing information that Adidas will return to produce Newcastle United kits from next season, news that has seemed to delight fans and kit lovers alike.

There we have it, all of Kit thoughts from this weekend.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 4 Review will be published after next round of games after the International Break

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League: Matchweek 3 Kit Review

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We are back with all 20 teams in action this weekend and there is plenty to talk about in terms of the kits on show and kit usage this matchweek.

This is the third weekly review of the kits in the Premier League, you can find last week’s here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we have seen 54 out of the 60 Kits released so far…

Matchweek 3 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 37 (+4 from Matchweek 2)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 35 (+6 from Matchweek 2)

New Kits this Matchweek

We are now hitting the 3rd Matchweek of the season, so the new kits on show are starting to slow up this week

Luton Town – Away Kit with Navy socks (from yet to be released 3rd Kit??)

Manchester United – Home Kit with Teamwear Black socks (we’ll get to this….)

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Away Kit

Aston Villa – Away Kit with alternative white shorts (not home shorts)

6 New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Arsenal (Blue)
  • Crystal Palace (Green)
  • Fulham (Green)
  • Luton Town (Pink)
  • Manchester City (Fluro Yellow / Green)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers (Yellow)

Kit Highlights

So, there is only one place to start… Manchester United….

Another Premier League season and yet another Manchester United sock drama. So after using their default home socks in their opening two games, which are black with the similar pattern as seen in the home shirt, this weekend’s home game with Nottingham Forest saw The Red Devils in plain Black Adidas Teamwear socks, is it supply issues or something else, regarding Premier not “signing off” on the sock design as I saw mentioned on Social Media this weekend, only time will tell but if we can get the default socks back that would be great in my humble opionion, they worked really well with the kit and help elevate the overall design!

See the difference below…

The result of this means its 3 different kit looks in 3 games of Manchester United, only matched by Aston Villa, who have worn 2 home kit looks and now an away kit with alternative white shorts (including the monochorm Club Crest).

There is another team that has used 3 different kits in their opening 3 games and that is Wolverhampton Wanderers and their use of Goalkeeper kits, using all 3 already this season…

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and Crystal Palace. Palace in their Black 3rd kit with away socks for the second time this season and balance of red / white / black of Brentford gave a nice overall kit match up in my eyes!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and again just the one 3rd kit used this weekend but plenty of variations on show with 4 teams moving from default looks:

  • Home, Manchester United
  • Away, Aston Villa and Luton Town
  • 3rd, Crystal Palace

Kit Grid – Up to 28th August

Kit News

There was just the one kit launch this week, with Aston Villa releasing their 3rd kit for this season on Friday 25th August.

I will be back again next week with Matchweek 4’s Kit Review, what we will see in the final week of games before the first International Break of the season!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 3 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League: Matchweek 2 Kit Review

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Matchweek 2 of the Premier League is now completed. This weekend only saw nine games completed with Luton Town’s ground Kenilworth Road not yet ready to host games after the developments to the ground following their promotion via the Playoffs in May.

If you missed the First Week’s Kit Review, you can find it here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we have seen 53 out of the 60 Kits released so far…

Matchweek 2 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 33 (+13 from Matchweek 1)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 29 (+9 from Matchweek 1)

New Kits this Matchweek

As we are only in the second week of Premier League this season, there were a high number (13) of new kits on show.

  • Nottingham Forest Home Kit (first home game)
  • Sheffield United Away Kit
  • Brentford 3rd Kit
  • AFC Bournemouth Away Kit
  • Tottenham Hotspur Home Kit (first home game)
  • Manchester United Home Kit with alternative Black Shorts
  • Manchester City Home Kit (first home game)
  • Newcastle United Home Kit with alternative Black Socks
  • Aston Villa Home Kit in default look (first home game)
  • Everton Home Kit with alternative blue shorts and socks, all blue look
  • West Ham United Home Kit (first home game)
  • Crystal Palace Home Kit (first home game)
  • Arsenal Away Kit

Kit Highlights

Lots of new kits and kit looks on show this weekend so plenty of kit talking points.

I will start with my favourite Kit Match up of the weekend which was Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United.

Spurs in All White is a favoured looked of mine and same goes for Manchester United, the Red / Black / Black look is one I always enjoy seeing so it was a no-brainer this week for the Kit Match Up of the weekend in my eyes.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton and Hove Albion was not only the fixture with the most letters in it was also the only fixture this weekend with both teams in kits also worn in the opening weekend with the other eight games having at least one new outfield kit on show.

Four Teams have used two different Home Kit Looks in their opening two fixtures…

Aston Villa and Everton

Manchester United and Newcastle United

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits (11 default and 3 variations), 3 Away Kits and again just the one 3rd kit used this weekend.

Due to the postponement of Luton Town v Burnley it meant that there were only 18 kits on show this weekend.

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd August

Kit News

As expected there was some Kit Releases this week…

Arsenal 3rd Kit was something that we expected to see and did not disappoint, one the kits of the season in my humble opionion.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3rd Kit, an interesting choice of colour for Wolves and another “jazzy” design from Castore.

West Ham United 3rd Kit, a blue 3rd kit for Europa Conference Cup Holders and shirt that takes some design inspriation from London Stadium’s (Olympic Stadium) floodlights.

It looks like the rumoured Newcastle United deal to return to Adidas was inadvertently leaked in the latest episode of their Amazon Prime Documentary, this meant Adidas released the below tweet…. so watch this space on 1st September 2023.

Was there another accidental kit release this weekend when Sky Sports showed Chelsea’s new away kit in the advertising graphic for their game this weekend with West Ham United… oops! (unsure of where the picture came from for credit) Will this be offically released with the Club’s new rumoured shirt sponsor this week?

I will be back again next week with Matchweek 3’s Kit Review, will we see any teams going for the Home, Away and 3rd Kits in their first three games, there are nine teams in Home and Change kit so far, with five of those teams (Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, West Ham United and Manchester City) all playing away from home!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 3 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League: Matchweek 1 Kit Review

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And we are off….

The 2023 / 24 Premier League Season has now kicked off and as mentioned here I will be taking a more in depth look into the Kits each Matchweek from my usual update via Social Media.

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we have seen 50 out of the 60 Kits released so far…

Matchweek 1 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 20
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 20

New Kits this Matchweek

Of course all kits this week are being used for the first time this season, more details will appear in this section as we move through the season and new kit looks / variations are used.

Kit Highlights

The New Premier League Namesets got their first full outings and visually worked well I believe, they certainly appeared to be a lot bigger and clearer than their predecessors, so a thumbs up from me on those changes (apart from the bespoke colours, I would still love to see more colour options available to teams).

There were two Kit Mash ups used in the opening weekend of fixtures…

Firstly Crystal Palace who combined their 3rd Kit with their white Away Kit Socks, this look giving two shades of Blue on the kit, with the lighter shade of blue being used with the Away Kit this season.

The second Mash Up was with Tottenham Hotspur, who not only launched their beautiful Navy Blue Away Kit this weekend, they then used it at Brentford with Home Socks (White)

There was a potentially a third Kit Mash Up used with Aston Villa using alternative “Claret” Socks to their trip to Newcastle United, however we do not know what their 3rd kit looks like, so not sure if this is a mash up or just use of alternative home socks, my feeling is this will be an alternative sock but time will tell!

Some more investigation is needed on Brighton & Hove Albion’s Goalkeeper Kit, the black kit worn by Jason Steele this weekend which appears to be same black kit used in the 2022/23 Season, its been difficult to get a clear image of the kit to be 100% certain… so watch this space about this one!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits (12 default and 1 variations), 4 Away Kits (3 default and 1 variation) and just the one 3rd kit used in these opening games

Kit Grid – Up to 15th August

Kit News

In the coming week we expect to see the lauch of Arsenal’s 3rd Kit which has been well documented as a return to the green / navy sleeves, which is rumoured to launched on Friday 18th August 2023.

That is this Premier League Matchweek Kit Review, 10 games down… 370 to go!!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 2 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.

Premier League – Matchweek Kit Reviews, Coming soon!

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As regular “Twitter / 𝕏” Followers will know I share updates after Premier League Matchweeks with Kit Updates and my Kit Grid, showing what kits were worn in those games.

For the 2023 / 24 Season I want to take this post a little deeper and will be sharing a more detailed review, the high level detailed posts will remain for Premier League and EFL for that snapshot view but for those that are interested in a little more detail, these Matchweek Posts will be here.

There will be a structure to this posts, so you can revisit any Matchweek and know where to find the information or details you are interested in…

  • Overview of the Kits worn in that week’s fixtures
  • Total Number of Kit Variations for both Outfield and Goalkeeper Kits
  • Looking at any “New” Kit Variations used by the Premier League Teams
  • Kit Highlights from the Matchweek
  • Any relevant Kit Stats from the Matchweek
  • Updated “Kit Grid” showing total Premier League Fixtures
  • Any relevant Kit News

Is there anything else you would like to see in these reviews, let me know??

All feedback, ideas can be shared in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek